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CLEAN UP THE RIVER ENVIRONMENT

EIN 31-1693392 MONTEVIDEO, MN

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Revenue 2024
$1,555,616
Expenses 2024
$1,233,035

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C500
Classification
1000
Street
117 S 1ST ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CURE PROTECTS AND RESTORES RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPES BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM. WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT ROBUST HUMAN COMMUNITIES CAN ONLY BE SUSTAINED BY HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, AND ROBUST NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS CAN ONLY BE REGAINED THROUGH VIGOROUS STEWARDSHIP. OUR WORK TAKES MANY FORMS, BUT ALWAYS INVOLVES THREE CORE PRACTICES: AWAKENING PEOPLE'S BONDS WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND THEM, INCLUSIVELY AND STRATEGICALLY EXPLORING ISSUES AND ACTIONS, SYSTEMATICALLY BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF CHANGE AT CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS OF ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CURE PROTECTS AND RESTORES RESILIENT TOWNS AND LANDSCAPES BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM. WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT ROBUST HUMAN COMMUNITIES CAN ONLY BE SUSTAINED BY HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, AND ROBUST NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS CAN ONLY BE REGAINED THROUGH VIGOROUS STEWARDSHIP. OUR WORK TAKES MANY FORMS, BUT ALWAYS INVOLVES THREE CORE PRACTICES: AWAKENING PEOPLE'S BONDS WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND THEM, INCLUSIVELY AND STRATEGICALLY EXPLORING ISSUES AND ACTIONS, SYSTEMATICALLY BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF CHANGE AT CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS OF ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.

  • CURE'S ENERGY DEMOCRACY PROGRAM IS UNIQUELY FOCUSED ON STRATEGIES TO IMPACT CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DECISIONS AFFECTING RURAL RESIDENTS. ENERGY DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT BUILDING POWER TO ADDRESS LINKAGES BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, INEQUITIES, AND OTHER SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES FACING OUR COMMUNITIES.YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT ENERGY DEMOCRACY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OPS. ONE IN THREE MINNESOTANS GETS THEIR ELECTRICITY FROM A RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OP (REC). RECS ARE DEMOCRATICALLY OWNED AND OPERATED UTILITIES THAT WERE CREATED DURING THE NEW DEAL TO ELECTRIFY RURAL AMERICA. HOWEVER, THE OPERATIONS OF MINNESOTA'S RECS TODAY LACK TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE.CURE IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE REC REFORM MOVEMENT. IN SERVICE TO ALIGNING THE PRIORITIES OF MINNESOTA'S REC'S TO THEIR COOPERATIVE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, CURE HAS ORGANIZED MEMBER-OWNERS TO CHANGE REC PRIORITIES: GROW TRANSPARENCY IN REC GOVERNANCE, BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER, AND FIGHT AGAINST THE REC'S RELIANCE ON DIRTY ELECTRICITY FROM COAL INSTEAD TRANSITIONING THEIR ELECTRICITY GENERATION TO RENEWABLE, COMMUNITY-BASED ENERGY SOURCES THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEIR MEMBER-OWNERS AND BE A SOURCE OF RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.CURE'S ENERGY DEMOCRACY PROGRAM IS HELPING DELIVER CLEAN ELECTRICITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE TO RURAL COMMUNITIES AND POSITIVE CLIMATE AND ENERGY IMPACTS TO ALL MINNESOTANS.ENERGY DEMOCRACY IS:CLEAN - ENERGY PRODUCED WITHOUT THE RELEASE OF GREENHOUSE GASES, FOR EXAMPLE, WIND AND SOLAR POWERLOCAL - ENERGY PRODUCED AND OWNED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND BY OUR NEIGHBORSDEMOCRATIC - COMMUNITY HAVING A VOICE AND POWER IN THE DECISION-MAKING ABOUT OUR ENERGY FUTURE

    Expenses $553,442 · Grants $93,485 · Revenue $82,250

  • CURE'S RURAL DEMOCRACY PROGRAM EMBRACES DEMOCRACY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO RURAL ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE WORK WITH PEOPLE ACROSS MINNESOTA TO BUILD POWER TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFIT ALL WHO LIVE HERE.THE RURAL DEMOCRACY PROJECT IS HELPING PEOPLE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BUILD INDEPENDENT POLITICAL POWER WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON ELECTORAL POLITICS. STARTING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS WHERE REAL CHANGE WILL TAKE ROOT; THIS WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE STATE AND NATION. PASSIONATE GROUPS OF PEOPLE MEETING IN CAFES, LIVING ROOMS, AND CHURCHES ACROSS MINNESOTA ARE WHERE CHANGE IS CULTIVATED. THIS IS THE NURSERY OF DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $419,468

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Margaret Kuchenreuther

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Montgomery

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Falk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Hartley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arne Kildegaard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duane Ninneman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,652
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,652
    Hours/week
    32

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,555,616
    Expenses
    $1,233,035
    Contributions
    $1,442,313
    Grants paid
    $93,485
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,858,166
    Expenses
    $1,289,940
    Contributions
    $1,823,460
    Grants paid
    $98,386
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,287,413
    Expenses
    $731,744
    Contributions
    $1,276,514
    Grants paid
    $12,992

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $688,112
    Expenses
    $435,829
    Assets (EOY)
    $879,808

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $726,380
    Expenses
    $353,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $626,613

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $383,027
    Expenses
    $304,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $276,421

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $336,387
    Expenses
    $326,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,990

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $287,607
    Expenses
    $271,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,854

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $268,877
    Expenses
    $317,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $143,659

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,949
    Expenses
    $319,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $246,703

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $280,384
    Expenses
    $291,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $263,071

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $388,689
    Expenses
    $380,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $295,015

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $541,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $384,093

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • CLIMATE LAND LEADERS

    $31,125

    2023 WINDWARD

  • CLIMATE LAND LEADERS

    $27,000

    2024 WINDWARD RURAL GENERATION GRANT

  • GREENER PASTURES

    $6,425

    2023 WINDWARD RURAL REGENERATION GRANT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.